Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy film and the sequel to the 2010 animated film Despicable Me. Produced by Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures and animated by Illumination Mac Guff, the film was directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.
Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, Elsie Fisher, and Dana Gaier reprise their roles as Gru, Dr. Nefario, Margo, Agnes, and Edith respectively. Kristen Wiig, who played Miss Hattie in the first film, voices agent Lucy Wilde, while Ken Jeong, who played the Talk Show Host, voices Floyd Eagle-san. New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo “El Macho” Pérez and Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, head of the fictional Anti-Villain League (AVL).
- Starring : Steve Carell / Kristen Wiig
- Genre : Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
- Country : United States / France / Japan
- Language : English / Ukrainian
- Director : Pierre Coffin / Chris Renaud
- Production : Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment
- Distributor : Andes Films / B&H Film Distribution / China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) / CinemArt / Finnkino / Interfilm Distribution / Ro Image 2000 / Solar Entertainment / Tatrafilm / Toho-Towa / United International Pictures (UIP) / Universal Pictures International (UPI) / Universal Pictures / Argentina Video Home / Feelgood Entertainment / Freeform / Home Box Office (HBO) / Kanal 2 / NBCUniversal Entertainment / National Broadcasting Company (NBC) / Netflix / Prime / SBS6 / Universal Home Entertainment / Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) / Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Despicable Me 2 movie
Despicable Me 2 release date
- June 16, 2013 : France (Champs-Elysées Film Festival)
- June 20, 2013 : Australia
- June 26, 2013 : Switzerland (French speaking region)
- June 26, 2013 : France
- June 26, 2013 : Sweden
- June 28, 2013 : UK
- June 28, 2013 : Ireland
- July 3, 2013 : Canada
- July 3, 2013 : Philippines
- July 3, 2013 : USA
- July 4, 2013 : Germany
- July 4, 2013 : Israel
- July 4, 2013 : Singapore
- July 5, 2013 : Spain
- July 5, 2013 : India
- July 11, 2013 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- August 8, 2013 : United Arab Emirates
- September 14, 2013 : Japan (limited)
- September 21, 2013 : Japan
- October 17, 2013 : Switzerland (Italian speaking region)
Despicable Me 2 cast
- Steve Carell as Gru(voice)
- Kristen Wiig as Lucy(voice)
- Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo Pérez / El Macho(voice)
- Miranda Cosgrove as Margo(voice)
- Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario(voice)
- Ken Jeong as Floyd Eagle-san(voice)
- Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom(voice)
- Elsie Fisher as Agnes(voice)
- Dana Gaier as Edith(voice)
- Moises Arias as Antonio Pérez(voice)
- Nasim Pedrad as Jillian(voice)
- Kristen Schaal as Shannon(voice)
- Pierre Coffin as Kevin the Minion / Bob the Minion / Stuart the Minion / Additional Minions / Evil Minions(voice)
- Chris Renaud as Additional Minions / Evil Minions / Italian Waiter(voice)
- Nickolai Stoilov as Arctic Lab Guards(voice)
Despicable Me 2 premiered on June 5, 2013 in Australia and had a wide theatrical release in the United States on July 3, 2013. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and it has grossed over $970 million worldwide against a budget of $76 million. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and for Academy Award for Best Original Song (for “Happy”), losing both to Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen. It became the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2013 and the third highest-grossing film of 2013. It is also the most profitable film in the 101-year history of Universal Pictures. A spinoff/prequel film, Minions, focusing on the little yellow henchmen before they met Gru, was released on July 10, 2015. A sequel, Despicable Me 3, was released on June 30, 2017.
A mysterious ship using a giant magnet steals a highly potent mutagen known as PX-41 from a secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle. The Anti-Villain League (AVL), led by Silas Ramsbottom, sends one of its agents, Lucy Wilde to recruit Gru, a former supervillain. At the AVL headquarters Silas tells him he was taken here to track down the culprit of the person who stole the lab and recover the mutagen. However, Gru refuses, claiming that he is now a legitimate father and jelly businessman. Longing to resume his criminal life, Dr. Nefario, Gru’s friend and assistant, leaves Gru for new employment. This convinces a reluctant Gru to investigate the theft and work with Lucy.
The pair begin their search in the Paradise Shopping Mall, disguised as bakery employees. Gru immediately suspects a Mexican restaurant owner, Eduardo Pérez, of being the infamous “El Macho”, a legendary super-villain who supposedly died by riding a shark into an active volcano with 250 pounds of dynamite strapped to his chest, though his body was never found. Gru and Lucy break into Eduardo’s restaurant at night but find no proof. Meanwhile, Agnes, who dreams of having a mother one day, believes that Gru will fall in love with Lucy. Gru denies it, saying his relationship with Lucy is only professional.
Although holding Eduardo as his prime suspect, Gru agrees to pursue others, including wig merchant Floyd Eagle-san, where he discovers traces of PX-41. After witnessing Eduardo’s two-timing son, Antonio, woo Margo and invite everyone to his Cinco de Mayo party, Gru renews his focus on Eduardo. His neighbor, Jillian, sets him up on a dinner date with her vacuous friend Shannon. The date goes awry, but Lucy arrives and rescues Gru from being humiliated by shooting Shannon with a tranquilizer gun. While they take Shannon home, Gru and Lucy spend personal time together, and Gru falls in love with her.
The next day, the AVL arrest Eagle-san after finding an almost-empty jar of the mutagen in his shop, and the investigation is closed by Ramsbottom. Lucy is reassigned to Australia and gives Gru her lipstick taser as a gift before leaving. A heartbroken Gru, having lacked the courage to ask Lucy out on a date, instead takes the girls to the Cinco de Mayo party. There, he follows Eduardo and discovers a secret musical steps-activated elevator, where he finally discovers that Eduardo is indeed El Macho as he suspected.
On her flight, Lucy, realizing that she has also fallen in love with Gru, jumps out of the plane and uses a hang-glider to reach the party. Gru discovers that El Macho, who has hired Nefario as a partner, has been abducting Gru’s minions and using the stolen PX-41 serum to make them rabid and indestructible. El Macho plans to launch rockets full of the mutated Minions into major cities in order to dominate the world. He offers Gru the chance to team up with him, but Gru walks away and El Macho sends one of his minions after him.
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